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The island and adjacent islets comprise Patos Island State Park, a 207-acre (0.84 km 2) marine park with 20,000 feet (6,100 m) of saltwater shoreline. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission began operating Patos Island as a state park under a lease agreement with the Bureau of Land Management in 1974. [ 3 ]
Patos Island Lighthouse ; Location: San Juan Islands, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Foundation: Surface: Construction: Wood: Automated: 1974: Height: 38 feet (12 m): Shape: Square: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1908: Focal height: 12 m (39 ft) : Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Range: 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi ...
Map showing the maritime border treaties between Venezuela and the US, France, the Netherlands, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago, setting part of the borders of the Federal Dependencies. In 1777, when the Captaincy General of Venezuela was created, the island of Patos became part of the province of Cumaná.
Venezuelan mainland (Paria Peninsula) seen in the horizon and Patos Island seen to the left. The Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth). Locally they are referred to as "Down de Islands" or "DDI". Chacachacare; Monos; Huevos; Gaspar Grande (Gasparee) Gasparillo Island (Little Gasparee or ...
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The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South America and the Caribbean. This includes the study of pre-historic/ pre-Columbian and historic indigenous American peoples , as well as historical archaeology of more recent eras, including the ...
Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria).The coordinates are It lies in the Boca Grande strait of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west-south-west of Chacachacare, which is part of Trinidad and Tobago.
A map showing the de Soto expedition. This section shows Moscoso's route through Arkansas, and Texas, and then to Mexico after de Soto's death. Based on the Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. All the peoples which the expedition encountered in Texas were the ancestors of the modern Caddo, especially the Hasinai and Kadohadacho confederacies ...